Amphipnous

noun

Am·​phip·​no·​us

amˈfipnəwəs

: a genus of teleost fishes (order Symbranchii) comprising the cuchia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from amphi- + Greek pnoē breath, from pnein to breathe

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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